Maharashtra Project Agreement

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1 Public Disclosure Authorized CONFORMED COPY CREDIT NUMBER 736 IN Public Disclosure Authorized Maharashtra Project Agreement (Maharashtra Irrigation Project) Public Disclosure Authorized between INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION and STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Public Disclosure Authorized Dated October 11, 1977

2 CREDIT NUMBER 736 IN MAHARASHTRA PROJECT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, dated October 11, 1977, between INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (hereinafter called the Association) and STATE OF MAHARASHTRA, acting by its Governor (hereinafter called Maharashtra). WHEREAS by the Development Credit Agreement of even date herewith between INDIA, acting by its President (hereinafter called the Borrower) and the Association, the Association has agreed to make available to the Borrower an amount in various currencies equivalent to seventy million dollars ($70,000,000), on the terms and conditions set forth in the Development Credit Agreement, but only on condition that Maharashtra agree to undertake such obligations toward the Association as hereinafter set forth; and WHEREAS Maharashtra, in consideration of the Association's entering into the Development Credit Agreement with the Borrower, has agreed to undertake the obligations hereinafter set forth; NOW THEREFORE the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

3 -2- ARTICLE I Definitions Section Wherever used in this Agreement, unless the context shall otherwise require, the several terms defined in the Development Credit Agreement and in the General Conditions (as so defined) have the respective meanings therein set forth.

4 -3- ARTICLE II Execution of the Project Section Maharashtra shall carry out the Project described in Schedule 2 to the Development Credit Agreement with due diligence and efficiency and in conformity with appropriate administrative, financial and engineering practices, and shall provide, or cause to be provided, promptly as needed, the funds, facilities, services and other resources required for the purpose. Section Except as the Association shall otherwise agree, contracts for the purchase of goods or for civil works to be financed out of the proceeds of the Credit, shall be procured in accordance with the provisions of the Schedule to this Agreement. Section (a) Maharashtra undertakes to insure, or make adequate provision for the insurance of, the imported goods to be financed out of the proceeds of the Credit made available to it by the Borrower against hazards incident to the acquisition, transportation and delivery thereof to the place of use of installation, and for such insurance any indemnity shall be payable in a currency freely usable by Maharashtra to replace or repair such goods.

5 -4- (b) Except as the Association may otherwise agree, Maharashtra shall cause all goods and services financed out of the proceeds of the Credit made available to it by the Borrower to be used exclusively for the Project. Section (a) Maharashtra shall furnish to the Association, promptly upon their preparation, the plans, specifications, reports, contract documents and construction and procurement schedules for the Project, and any material modifications thereof or additions thereto, in such detail as the Association shall reasonably request. (b) Maharashtra: (i) shall maintain records adequate to record the progress of the Project (including the cost thereof) and to identify the goods and services financed out of the proceeds of the Credit made available to it by the Borrower, and to disclose the use thereof in the Project; (ii) shall enable the Association's representatives to visit the facilities and construction sites included in the Project and to examine the goods financed out of such proceeds and any relevant records and documents; and (iii) shall furnish to the Association all such information as the Association shall reasonably request concerning the Project, the expenditure of the proceeds of the Credit so made available to it and the goods and services financed out of such proceeds.

6 -5- Section (a) Maharashtra shall, at the request of the Association, exchange views with the Association with regard to the progress of the Project, the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, and other matters relating to the purposes of the Credit. (b) Maharashtra shall promptly inform the Association of any condition which interferes or threatens to interfere with, the progress of the Project, the accomplishment of the purposes of the Credit, or the performance by Maharashtra of its obligations under this Agreement.

7 -6- ARTICLE III Particular Covenants Section Maharashtra shall cause its departments and other agencies and authorities responsible for carrying out any part of the Project to maintain records adequate to reflect in accordance with consistently maintained appropriate accounting practices their operations and financial condition. Section Maharashtra shall cause its departments and other agencies and authorities responsible for carrying out any part of the Project to: (i) have their accounts and financial statements related to the Project for each fiscal year audited, in accordance with appropriate auditing principles consistently applied, by independent auditors acceptable to the Association; (ii) furnish to the Association as soon as available, but in any case not later than nine months after the end of each such year, (A) certified copies of the financial statements for such year as so audited and (B) the report of such audit by said auditors, of such scope and in such detail as the Association shall have reasonably requested; and (iii) furnish to the Association such other information concerning the accounts and financial statements and the audit thereof as the Association shall from time to time reasonably request.

8 - 7 - Section Maharashtra shall promptly take necessary measures to minimize the risk of malaria and other water-related diseases in the Project Area. Section Maharashtra shall operate and maintain Parts A, B and D of the Project in accordance with sound engineering practices. Section Maharashtra undertakes that, prior to completion of the Project, it shall introduce a water allocation plan in the Project Area on the basis of first priority for kharif and rabi foodgrains and cotton, second for limited areas of perennials and third, when residual reservoir water exceeds an annually determined minimum level by March in each year, for selected hot weather crops, always taking into account priority of irrigation over power generation requirements. Section Maharashtra undertakes to review and, if necessary, increase its water and water-related charges in the Project Area from time to time with the objective of collecting full operational and maintenance cost and, to the extent possible, cost of infrastructure investment, having regard, inter alia, for the incentives and repayment capacity of farmers in the Project Area.

9 -8- ARTICLE IV Effective Date; Termination; Cancellation and Suspension Section This Agreement shall come into force and effect on the date upon which the Development Credit Agreement becomes effective. Section (a) This Agreement and all obligations of the Association and of Maharashtra thereunder shall terminate on the earlier of the following two dates: (i) the date on which the Development Credit Agreement shall terminate in accordance with its terms; or (ii) a date 20 years after the date of this Agreement. (b) If the Development Credit Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms before the date specified in paragraph (a) (ii) of this Section, the Association shall promptly notify Maharashtra of this event. Section All the provisions of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any cancellation or suspension under the Development Credit Agreement.

10 -9- ARTICLE V Miscellaneous Provisions Section Any notice or request required or permitted to be given or made under this Agreement and any agreement between the parties contemplated by this Agreement shall be in writing. Such notice or request shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when it shall be delivered by hand or by mail, telegram, cable, telex or radiogram to the party to which it is required or permitted to be given or made at such party's address hereinafter specified or at such other address as such party shall have designated by notice to the party giving such notice or making such request. The addresses so specified are: For the Association: International Development Association 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C United States of America Cable address: For Maharashtra: INDEVAS Washington, D.C. Chief Secretary to the Government of Maharashtra Mantrayala Bombay, India Cable address: RESTIS Bombay

11 Section Any action required or permitted to be taken, and any documents required or permitted to be executed, under this Agreement on behalf of Maharashtra may be taken or executed by the Chief Secretary to the Government of Maharashtra or such other person or persons as Maharashtra shall designate in writing. Section Maharashtra shall furnish to the Association sufficient evidence of the authority and the authenticated specimen signature of the person or persons who will, on behalf of Maharashtra, take any action or execute any documents required or permitted to be taken or executed by MaharashLra pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement. Section This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original, and all collectively but one instrument.

12 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, acting through their representatives thereunto duly authorized, have caused this Agreement to be signed in their respective names in the District of Columbia, United States of America, as of the day and year first above written. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION By /s/ Ernest Stern Regional Vice President South Asia STATE OF MAHARASHTRA By /s/ N.A. Palkhivala Authorized Representative

13 SCHEDULE Procurement A. International Competitive Bidding 1. Except as provided in Part B hereof, contracts for the purchase of goods or for civil works shall be procured in accordance with procedures consistent with those set forth in the "Guidelines for Procurement under World Bank Loans and IDA Credits" published by the Bank in March 1977 (hereinafter called the Guidelines), on the basis of international competitive bidding as described in Part A of the Guidelines. 2. Bidders for the works included in Part A of the Project shall be prequalified as described in paragraph 1.3 of Part A of the Guidelines. B. Other Procurement Procedures 1. Contracts for civil works (except those under Part A of the Project) may be let on the basis of competitive bidding advertised locally under procedures satisfactory to the Association. 2. Contracts for vehicles and equipment estimated to cost the equivalent of $100,000 or less, and contracts for field vehicles and trucks may be let on the basis of competitive bidding advertised locally under procedures satisfactory to the Association.

14 C. Evaluation and Comparison of Bids for Goods; Preference for Domestic Manufactures 1. For the purpose of evaluation and comparison of bids of the supply of goods except those to be procured in accordance with local procedures: (i) bidders shall be required to state in their bid the c.i.f. (port of entry) price for imported goods, or the ex-factory price for domestically-manufactured goods; (ii) customs duties and other import taxes on imported goods, and sales and similar taxes on domestically-supplied goods, shall be excluded; and (iii) the cost to Maharashtra of inland freight and other expenditures incidental to the delivery of goods to the place of their use or installation shall be included. 2. Goods manufactured in India may be granted a margin of preference in accordance with, and subject to, the following provisions: (a) All bidding documents for the procurement of goods shall clearly indicate any preference which will be granted, the information required to establish the eligibility of a bid for such preference and the following methods and stages that will be followed in the evaluation and comparison of bids.

15 (b) After evaluation, responsive bids will be classified in one of the following three groups: (1) Group A: bids offering goods manufactured in India if the bidder shall have established to the satisfaction of the Borrower and the Association that the manufacturing cost of such goods includes a value added in India equal to at least 20% of the ex-factory bid price of such goods; (2) Group B: all other bids offering goods manufactured in India. (3) Group C: bids offering any other goods. (c) All evaluated bids in each group shall be first compared among themselves, excluding any customs duties and other import taxes on goods to be imported and any sales or similar taxes on goods to be supplied domestically, to determine the lowest evaluated bid of each group. Such lowest evaluated bids shall then be compared with each other, and if, as a result of this comparison a bid from group A or group B is the lowest, it shall be selected for the award.

16 (d) If, as a result of the comparison under paragraph (c) above, the lowest bid is a bid from group C, all group C bids shall be further compared with the lowest evaluated bid from group A after adding to the c.i.f. bid price of the imported goods offered in each group C bid, for the purpose of this further comparison only, an amount equal to (i) the amount of customs duties and other import taxes which a non-exempt importer would have to pay for the importation of the goods offered in such group C bid; or (ii) 15% of the c.i.f. bid price of such goods if said customs duties and taxes exceed 15% of such price. If the group A bid in such further comparison is the lowest, it shall be selected for the award; if not, the bid from Group C which as a result of the comparison under paragraph (c) is the lowest evaluated bid shall be selected. D. Evaluation and Comparison of Bids for Civil Works; Preference for Domestic Contractors With respect to any contract for civil works included under Category (1) of the table set forth in Schedule 1 to the Development Credit Agreement and to be procured in accordance with the procedures described in Part A.1 of this Schedule, Maharashtra may grant a margin of preference of 7-1/2% to domestic contractors, in accordance with, and subject to, the following provisions:

17 (a) Contractors shall be required to prequalify as provided in Part A of this Schedule and applicants for qualification applying also for such preference shall be asked to provide, as part of the data for qualification, such information, including details of ownership, as shall be required to determine whether, according to the classification accepted by the Association, a particular firm or group of firms qualified for a domestic preference. The bidding documents shall clearly indicate the preference and the method that will be followed in the evaluation and comparison of bids to give effect to such preference. (b) After bids have been received and reviewed by Maharashtra, responsive bids will be classified into the following groups: (i) bids offered by domestic contractors eligible for preference; and (ii) bids offered by other contractors. For the purpose of evaluation and comparison of bids an amount equal to 7-1/2% of the bid amount shall be added to bids received under group (ii) above. E. Review of Procurement Decisions by thze Association Maharashtra shall, before qualification is invited, inform the Association in detail of the procedure to be followed, and shall introduce such modifications in said procedure as the

18 Association shall reasonably request. The list of prequalified bidders, together with a statement of their qualifications and, where applicable, of their eligibility for domestic preference under Part D.1 above and of the reasons for the exclusion of any applicant for prequalification and for such eligibility shall be furnished by Maharashtra to the Association for its comments before the applicants are notified of Maharashtra's decision, and Maharashtra shall make such additions to, deletions from, or modifications in, the said list as the Association shall reasonably request. 2. With respect to all contracts estimated to cost the equivalent of $200,000 or more: (a) Before bids are invited, Maharashtra shall furnish to the Association, for its comments, the text of the invitations to bid and the specifications and other bidding documents, together with a description of the advertising procedures to be followed for the bidding, and shall make such modifications in the said documents or procedures as the Association shall reasonably request. Any further modification to the bidding documents shall require the Association's concurrence before it is issued to the prospective bidders.

19 (b) After bids have been received and evaluated, Maharashtra shall, before a final decision on the award is made, inform the Association of the name of the bidder to which it intends to award the contract and shall furnish to the Association, in sufficient time for its review, a detailed report on the evaluation and comparison of the bids received, and such other information as the Association shall reasonably request. The Association shall, if it determines that the intended award would be inconsistent with the Guidelines or this Schedule, promptly inform the Borrower and Maharashtra and state the reasons for such determination. (c) The terms and conditions of the contract shall not, without the Association's concurrence, materially differ from those on which bids were asked or prequalification invited. (d) Two conformed copies of the contract shall be furnished to the Association promptly after its execution and prior to the submission to the Association of the first application for withdrawal of funds from the Credit Account in respect of such contract. 3. With respect to each contract to be financed out of the proceeds of the Credit and not governed by the preceding paragraph, the Borrower shall furnish to the Association, promptly after its execution and prior to the submission to the Association of the first application for withdrawal of funds from the Credit Account in

20 respect of such contract, two conformed copies of such contract, together with the analysis of the respective bids, recommendations for award and such other information as the Association shall reasonably request. The Association shall, if it determines that the award of the contract was not consistent with the Guidelines or this Schedule, promptly inform the Borrower and Maharashtra and state the reasons for such determination.